Scissor (fish)

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Scissor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Scissor
Günther, 1864
Species:
S. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Scissor macrocephalus
Günther, 1864 [1]

Scissor is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the suborder Characoidei within the order Characiformes, the characins. The only species in the genus is Scissor macrocephalus the distribution of which may be uncertain, it may be Suriname. This taxon has not been assigned to a particular family within the Characoidei and is considered to be incertae sedis , i.e. its taxonomic affinities are, as yet, unclear. [2] This taxon is known only from the holotype. [3]

Etymology

The generic name is based on the Latin for "one who cleaves", a reference to its wide mouth, and the specific epithet is Greek for "large head". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5. British Museum, London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Scissor". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Toledo-Piza, M.; et al. (2024). "Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (1) e230086: 1–548. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (25 November 2024). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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